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==Irish==

===Etymology===
{{af|ga|gruaig|-ach|pos=adjective}}{{cln|ga|nouns suffixed with -ach}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ga|/ˈɡɾˠuəɡəx/|a=Munster,Connacht}}
* {{IPA|ga|/ˈɡɾˠuəɡa(x)/|a=Ulster}}

===Adjective===
{{ga-adj|gsm=gruagaigh|gsf=gruagaí|pl=~a|comp=gruagaí}}

# [[hairy]], [[shaggy]]

====Declension====
{{ga-decl-adj|g|ruag|ach}}

===Noun===
{{ga-noun|m|gruagaigh|gruagaigh}}

# [[hairy]] [[goblin]], [[brownie]]
# [[Bigfoot]] (a very large, hairy, humanoid creature said to live in the wilderness areas of North America)
# Shaggy uncouth person.
#: {{syn|ga|glibire|stothaire}}
# [[pintail]]
#: {{syn|ga|lacha stiúrach}}

====Declension====
{{ga-decl-m1|g|ruagach|ruagaigh}}

===Mutation===
{{ga-mut}}

==Scottish Gaelic==

===Etymology===
From {{af|gd|gruag|-ach|t1=hair|pos=noun}}; girls and young women in the old days of the [[Highlands]] went [[bareheaded]] before they married, after which they covered their hair with a white [[kerchief]].

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gd|/ˈkɾuəkəx/}}

===Noun===
{{gd-noun|g=f|gen=gruagaich|pl=gruagaichean}}

# {{lb|gd|chiefly|poetic}} [[maiden]], [[girl]], [[young]] [[woman]]
#: {{syn|gd|ainnir|cailin|maighdeann|nighean|òigh|rìbhinn}}
#: {{uxi|gd|"Gruagach [[òg|Òg]] an [[falt|Fhuilt]] [[bàn|Bhàin]]"|"Young Maiden of the Fair Hair"}}

===Mutation===
{{gd-mut-cons|g|ruagach}}